Many black holes had past lives, new research shows | MIT News
When a star dies, a black hole is born. This has been the textbook origin story for most…
APOD: 2026 July 7 – NGC 6188: Dragons of Ara
APOD: 2026 July 7 – NGC 6188: Dragons of Ara Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image…
Unpacking Europe’s new weather imagers
Applications 07/07/2026 420 views 10 likes The second Meteosat Third Generation Imager satellite (MTG-I2) has begun its launch…
Astronaut flexes his muscles mid-spacewalk photo of the day for July 7, 2026
NASA astronaut Chris Williams flexes his muscles while on a spacewalk in this image snapped by fellow astronaut…
NASA Celebrates James Webb’s Fourth Anniversary With The Most Detailed Image Of Centaurus A Yet
The Centaurus A galaxy, unlike other galaxies nearby, has a lot of activity.
Image:…
One SpaceX analyst sees Musk’s space company quintupling to $800
Space Exploration Technologies ‘ Starship launch technology is likely to serve as critical infrastructure for a resurgence in…
SpaceX just launched the 1st-ever nuclear-powered commercial satellite
The world’s first commercially built nuclear-powered satellite has reached orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The BOHR…
We tend to think of the universe as roughly uniform, with galaxies scattered in every direction — but the Boötes Void, discovered in 1981 during a redshift survey, is a vast cosmic underdensity up to 330 million light-years across, containing only a few dozen known galaxies where thousands might otherwise be expected
On the scale of the whole observable universe, matter is assumed to be spread out fairly evenly: enough…
British Space Startup Launches Longevity Lab Into Orbit
Space is becoming the next frontier in longevity research. A British startup just launched self-run chemical experiments into…
Katalyst’s satellite rescue mission is now in pursuit of NASA’s Swift
NASA has a clear interest in saving the Swift mission. The $500 million observatory’s primary mission is detecting gamma-ray…
Isar Aerospace signs agreement for Canadian launch site
TOKYO — Isar Aerospace has signed a contract to develop a Canadian launch site for its Spectrum rocket,…
World’s first commercial nuclear CubeSat set for SpaceX launch
Miami-based City Labs is all set to launch the world’s first commercial nuclear-powered satellite into orbit. Solar panels…